A camera on the other side of the building captures the suspect as he trips over and flies several feet through the air into a grassy yard. After extinguishing himself, the suspect returns to where his white van is parked and makes a second more successful attempt to start a fire.

But the fire chief said the blaze burned out as soon as the suspect left the scene. In fact, authorities were only alerted because the owners thought someone had tried to break in.

"They didn’t call the fire the department because they didn’t know they had a fire until they watched the surveillance," Chief Wyatt said.

The incident remains under investigation and Madisonville Police are searching for the man seen in the footage, as well as a woman who is also seen throwing something at the building.